Checks from the team's most recent pay period finally cleared last Wednesday, nearly a week after players received them, the soccer blog FiftyFive.One first reported Friday.

Paid twice monthly, Strikers players got checks at the end of June, but the club requested they wait to cash them. Some players did not wait – and their paychecks bounced because of insufficient funds in the club's account, FiftyFive.One's Jeff Rueter reported.

The recent delay marked the third time this year Strikers players have had to wait for the club to make good on its payroll, Cuccatti acknowledged.

"Two were fixed within 24 hours," Cuccatti said, adding that the most recent pay lag was "because of the Fourth of July holiday weekend."

Saying the payroll problems did not stem from a lack of planning by Strikers management, Cuccatti also pointed to lags in the transfer of funds to the U.S. from Brazil.

The Strikers are owned by a group of Brazilian investors, among which is soccer great Ronaldo. Cuccatti says ownership maintains the payroll from abroad.

"Anytime we transfer money from Brazil to the United States, there are certain protocols we need to follow," Cuccatti said. "The protocol is different when you are transferring large amounts of money, which was the reason the process got delayed. That's why we were behind."

Cuccatti said of the delays and bounced checks, "This will be the last time that this happens."

Players and their agents have taken the matter to the NASL's business and legal affairs director, Rishi Seghal, Rueter reported.

Per NASL policy, a club must notify the league if late with payroll -- something Cuccatti confirms the Strikers did on all three occasions.

Reached Monday, a league representative declined comment.

Currently in eighth place in the combined standings, the Strikers travel to take on second-place Indy Eleven at Carroll Stadium on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. ET.